VladimirNabokov was born into circumstances that every infant deserves: into a family of immense wealth, that is, and immense education, ... But it was Lolita that enabled Nabokov to follow Iagoâ€™s advice, â€śput money in thy purse.â€ť

Award Winning Russian Author â€“ Famous for writing Lolita. Lectured on literature at Cornell, Wellesley, Stanford, and Harvard. From the introduction to a series of lectures transcribed into the book Lectures on Literature . ... by VladimirNabokov.